Deborah Scott, chief information officer at WPI, is a recent transplant from California.
Along with her husband, B. Keyes Scott, she adopted green technology early.
She drove the first generation of Toyota Prius, and she said the couple had solar panels installed on their home in California.

So when the Chevrolet Volt - a plug-in hybrid that mostly runs on electricity but has a small gasoline engine - went on sale, she got on a months-long waiting list to buy one.

She had already moved to the state to start her job at WPI when her number came up, so the couple traveled back to California to pick it up.
It was worth the trip, she said, as she proudly showed off her car.

She said she has signed up for ChargePoint, and is happy to see more stations pop up.

The station on WPI's campus will go online Thursday, college officials said.

Ms. Scott said she can typically get 30 to 35 miles on an electric charge before the gasoline-powered generator kicks in to charge the batteries, and said she has been surprised by the sports car-like handling of the Volt.

She said she has typically gotten by through timing her trips properly, and borrowing electrical outlets when she can.

With the stations, she won't be left wondering where the next volt will be coming from for her Volt.

In the meantime, she said she and her husband are shopping for a house in Massachusetts where they can install solar panels.